Michigan-Lee Apartments

United States historic place


Michigan-Lee Apartments
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Michigan-Lee Apartments in 2012
42°02′07″N 87°40′26″W / 42.03528°N 87.67389°W / 42.03528; -87.67389 (Michigan-Lee Apartments)
Area	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built	1928 (1928)
Architect	Frank W. Cauley
Architectural style	Georgian Revival
MPS	Suburban Apartment Buildings in Evanston TR
NRHP reference No.	84001018^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 15, 1984

Michigan-Lee Apartments is a historic apartment building at 940–950 Michigan Avenue in Evanston, Illinois. The three-story brick building was built in 1928. Architect Frank W. Cauley, who also designed Evanston's Orrington Hotel, designed the building in the Georgian Revival style. The building features entrances flanked by columns, limestone quoins, and a parapet with decorative urns. A sunken courtyard occupies the center of the building; while courtyards were common in Evanston's apartments, the sunken design is unusual within the city.^[2]^[3]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 1984.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ Benjamin, Susan (October 20, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Suburban Apartment Buildings in Evanston, Illinois". National Park Service. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
^ Benjamin, Susan (September 1983). "Michigan-Lee Apartments" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-04-11. Retrieved April 11, 2020.